Surgery and procedures CPT 30520 Outpatient

Septoplasty cost in Anchorage, AK

In Anchorage, AK, 2 hospitals list a cash price for septoplasty to straighten the nasal septum: from $5,441.00 to $16,358.18, with a median of $10,899.59. The lowest listed price is at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium — $5,458.59 less than the median here. Across Alaska, the median is $5,548.14 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 30520, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 20, 2026.

Lowest$5,441.00Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Median$10,899.59half pay less
Highest$16,358.18in this market
Difference3.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Anchorage, AK.

median
Lowest $5,441.00Highest $16,358.18

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium lowest Anchorage, AK · (907) 563-2662 Reshaping of nasal cartilage $5,441.00 $5,441.00 $1,323.00–$5,005.72 — Aug 20, 2026
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Mat-Su Valley Medical Center Palmer, AK · (907) 861-6000 REPAIR OF NASAL SEPTUM $16,358.18 $54,527.27 $785.55–$52,346.18 70% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $5,441.00, median $10,899.59, highest $16,358.18 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

Septoplasty straightens a bent (deviated) wall between the nostrils, reshaping or removing cartilage and bone. It is done to improve breathing through the nose, not to change how the nose looks.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon, anesthesia and procedures often done at the same time, such as turbinate reduction, are billed separately.